Why do university intranet DC hubs get shut down?

Try explaining that to the network administrator.

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Originally Posted by Cabalo

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Originally Posted by beansis

I would recommend using usenet instead, with ssl ofcourse

also uni networks are often monitored by RIAA, and such

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Easily traceable too, not the contents, but anyone in 10 seconds can check where he is connecting to, whois that IP, and take actions.

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what about vpn?

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Originally Posted by quadomatic

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Originally Posted by beansis

I would recommend using usenet instead, with ssl ofcourse

also uni networks are often monitored by RIAA, and such

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I do use usenet (astraweb in fact), but my campus has a 3GB daily bandwidth limit. Thus, DC++ is attractive since transfers over LAN circumvent the limit.

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that sucks, but a hub, especially a new one, isn't going to have nearly as much data as usenet, and you would still have to get the new stuff from somewhere

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Originally Posted by quadomatic

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Originally Posted by Cabalo

Easily traceable too, not the contents, but anyone in 10 seconds can check where he is connecting to, whois that IP, and take actions.

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Yeah, but usenet isn't by definition illegal. If you can't say the contents are copyrighted then there's no wrongdoing.

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<sarcasm>It was only metadata</scarcasm> :lol: